Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2020-06-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.38/cwt on 40 head.

Average price

$131.38

40 head · 398 lb average

Value per head Derived

$523

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$65

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2

$1.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.15

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	325	132.42	430	2thin
Medium and Large 1	421	131.97	555	21
Medium and Large 2	379	130.52	495	17thin

One grade step is worth $1.90/cwt here — about −$65 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale40 hd

131.38

—

FL average10 barns · 733 hd

124.23

+7.15

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,453	89.86	1,306	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,181	67.14	793	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	985	56.49	556	12

Every lot, as filed

30 lots · USDA AMS · Arcadia Livestock Auction - Arcadia, FL (Mon)

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,441	87.23/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,257	4
Bulls	—	—	1,470	93.37/cwt	92.00–96.00	1,373	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	56.49/cwt	53.00–59.00	556	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,174	66.08/cwt	63.00–69.00	776	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	71.04/cwt	70.00–73.00	857	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	141.37/cwt	140.00–142.00	455	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	131.93/cwt	130.00–134.00	548	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	132.42/cwt	130.00–135.00	430	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	139.05/cwt	137.00–142.00	495	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	132.53/cwt	130.00–135.00	477	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	118.90/cwt	115.00–123.00	610	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	263	143.19/cwt	137.00–150.00	377	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	128.54/cwt	126.00–131.00	602	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	512	109.58/cwt	103.00–113.00	561	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	147.38/cwt	145.00–150.00	472	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	121.04/cwt	117.00–123.00	587	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	172.54/cwt	170.00–175.00	535	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	317	166.31/cwt	165.00–167.00	527	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	142.41/cwt	140.00–145.00	524	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	126.53/cwt	123.00–130.00	639	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	313	157.56/cwt	155.00–160.00	493	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	145.26/cwt	144.00–148.00	614	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	167.89/cwt	165.00–170.00	445	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	136.46/cwt	135.00–138.00	703	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	136.38/cwt	134.00–139.00	573	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	141.45/cwt	140.00–143.00	658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	151.03/cwt	147.00–155.00	556	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	159.86/cwt	157.00–163.00	588	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	135.36/cwt	132.00–137.00	619	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	118.38/cwt	115.00–120.00	607	3

How this sale compares

Florida weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Florida auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Arcadia Livestock Auction - Arcadia, FL (Mon)

Mon Jun 8, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 317Last week 1,090Year ago 749

Slaughter CattleReceipts 195Last week 273Year ago 276

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,441	84.00–90.00	87.23
3	—	1,470	92.00–96.00	93.37
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	985	53.00–59.00	56.49
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,174	63.00–69.00	66.08
6	—	1,207	70.00–73.00	71.04

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	322	140.00–142.00	141.37
4	—	360	130.00–135.00	132.53
4	—	263	137.00–150.00	143.19
3	—	512	103.00–113.00	109.58
3	—	485	117.00–123.00	121.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	415	130.00–134.00	131.93
5	—	356	137.00–142.00	139.05
4	—	513	115.00–123.00	118.90
4	—	468	126.00–131.00	128.54
2	—	320	145.00–150.00	147.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	130.00–135.00	132.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	310	170.00–175.00	172.54
3	—	423	144.00–148.00	145.26
2	—	515	135.00–138.00	136.46
2	—	465	140.00–143.00	141.45
2	—	368	157.00–163.00	159.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	317	165.00–167.00	166.31
2	—	505	123.00–130.00	126.53
5	—	265	165.00–170.00	167.89
4	—	420	134.00–139.00	136.38
4	—	368	147.00–155.00	151.03
3	—	457	132.00–137.00	135.36
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	140.00–145.00	142.41
2	—	313	155.00–160.00	157.56
3	—	513	115.00–120.00	118.38

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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